Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Melanesia
Melanesia: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 19 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Melanesia, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 19 kcal/cap/d for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in 2025.
That represents a change of up 5.6% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Melanesia peaked at 164 kcal/cap/d in 2002 and was at its lowest, 8 kcal/cap/d, in 2020.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 143 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 150 kcal/cap/d | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 164 kcal/cap/d | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 164 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 141 kcal/cap/d | -14.0% |
| 2005 | 49 kcal/cap/d | -65.2% |
| 2006 | 31 kcal/cap/d | -36.7% |
| 2007 | 34 kcal/cap/d | +9.7% |
| 2008 | 34 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 27 kcal/cap/d | -20.6% |
| 2010 | 20 kcal/cap/d | -25.9% |
| 2011 | 15 kcal/cap/d | -25.0% |
| 2012 | 13 kcal/cap/d | -13.3% |
| 2013 | 13 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 13 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 19 kcal/cap/d | +46.2% |
| 2016 | 17 kcal/cap/d | -10.5% |
| 2017 | 20 kcal/cap/d | +17.6% |
| 2018 | 21 kcal/cap/d | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 23 kcal/cap/d | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 8 kcal/cap/d | -65.2% |
| 2021 | 12 kcal/cap/d | +50.0% |
| 2022 | 14 kcal/cap/d | +16.7% |
| 2023 | 14 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 18 kcal/cap/d | +28.6% |
| 2025 | 19 kcal/cap/d | +5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 93.7 kcal/cap/d | 27 kcal/cap/d | 164 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.4 kcal/cap/d | 13 kcal/cap/d | 23 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.17 kcal/cap/d | 8 kcal/cap/d | 19 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 11 Sierra Leone 66 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Saudi Arabia 63 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Malta 62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Sao Tome and Principe 62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Solomon Islands 62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Kyrgyzstan 59 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Haiti 57 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Ireland 57 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.3012 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.1818 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.1988 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 6,015 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.18 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 89,605 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 41 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 8,430 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Melanesia?
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Melanesia was 19 kcal/cap/d in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 164 kcal/cap/d in 2002.
- What is the lowest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- How does Melanesia rank for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Melanesia ranks 14th out of 17 regions with data for 2025.
- Is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.